Apify Store Publishing Terms and Conditions
Last updated: September 15, 2026
Apify Technologies s.r.o., with its registered seat at Vodičkova 704/36, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic, Company reg. no. 04788290, recorded in the Commercial Register kept by the Municipal Court of Prague, File No.: C 253224 ("we" or "Apify") created Apify Store at console.apify.com/store ("Apify Store") where you ("you" or "Creator") can publish Actors to other Users of the Platform, as defined in the Apify General Terms and Conditions and Actor Terms and Conditions that are incorporated by reference herein ("General Terms").
By publishing an Actor in Apify Store, you represent that you are over 18 years old and agree to adhere to these Apify Store Publishing Terms and Conditions ("Publishing Terms"), in addition to the General Terms. If you act on behalf of a company when accepting these Publishing Terms, you also hereby declare to be authorized to perform such legal actions on behalf of the company (herein, the term "you" shall mean the relevant company).
Role of the Parties. Apify operates the Apify Platform and maintains a direct relationship with its registered Users. Apify and Creators are independent parties in a business relationship. Creators are not Apify's agents, employees, or subcontractors, and Apify is not a party to any arrangement between a Creator and a User.
Terms starting with a capital letter used in these Publishing Terms have the meaning defined either here or in the General Terms.
1. Creators
1.1. Creator levels. We created a program for our creator community to recognize and support Creators who excel in their contributions to Apify Store. Creators can reach the following levels:
(i) Creator (Unverified) - you become a Creator when you publish your first Actor on Apify Store.
(ii) Verified Creator - when you complete our KYC process, you will become a Verified Creator, eligible to receive payouts subject to these Publishing Terms.
(iii) Partner Creator - to be eligible to become a Partner Creator, you must:
(a) hold Verified Creator status under the Publishing Terms;
(b) meet specific Actor Quality Score for your Actors and additional service level and quality criteria set forth in Apify documentation, Console and the Apify Creator Partnership Agreement, where "Actor Quality Score" means the score assigned by Apify to an Actor reflecting its functionality, reliability, documentation quality, and other criteria as determined by Apify in the official documentation;
(c) not be subject to any outstanding compliance investigation, suspension, or dispute with Apify; and
(d) execute the Apify Creator Partnership Agreement with us.
Partner Creators are eligible for sales distribution and additional benefits as set out in the Apify Creator Partnership Agreement.
We reserve the right to modify the eligibility criteria for all Creator levels upon reasonable notice.
1.2. No obligation. Nothing in these Publishing Terms or any other document obligates us to accept any Creator into the Partner tier or to maintain any Creator at any tier.
2. Publishing an Actor
2.1. Actors can be either private or public. Public Actors are shown in Apify Store and can be accessed and run by any User.
2.2. Actor Requirements
2.2.1. Actor name. Each Actor has its own unique name. When publishing an Actor, you agree to assign it a relevant and non-deceptive name. You shall only use trademarks, logos, icons, or proprietary branding belonging to any third party in compliance with applicable laws and third-party rights. All Actor listings must be described and configured to avoid any suggestion of official affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement by a third-party trademark owner unless expressly authorized.
2.2.2. Actor description. You agree to create, publish, and maintain an up-to-date, pertinent description, documentation, or other sources of information, allowing Users to use the Actor.
2.2.3. Competition. We encourage healthy competition. Creating an Actor that offers similar functionality or an outcome similar to another Actor is permitted. However, you must not copy another Creator's code, readme, description, or other content and publish it as your own.
2.2.4. Restrictions
2.2.4.1. General. You may create and publish an Actor of any kind, provided that you comply with these Publishing Terms, the General Terms (including the Acceptable Use Policy), and all applicable laws and regulations. The activities prohibited under the Acceptable Use Policy are referred to in these Publishing Terms as "Prohibited Activities."
2.2.4.2. Specific Prohibitions. In addition to the Prohibited Activities, you must not:
(i) Promote off-platform products or services. Unless we explicitly agree otherwise in writing, directly or indirectly offer, link to, or promote any product or service outside of the Platform in your Actors or in any other content you publish on Apify Store, including in the Actor's readme, description, issues, or reviews.
(ii) Abuse the review system. Offer incentives for reviews, solicit fake reviews, use multiple accounts to influence ratings, review your own Actor(s), or otherwise artificially inflate or suppress ratings or reviews.
2.2.4.3. Enforcement. We are not obligated to monitor all Actors or content published on Apify Store. However, where we determine, in our sole discretion, that an Actor or associated content: (i) violates these Publishing Terms; (ii) contains, was created by performing, or itself performs any Prohibited Activity; or (iii) is otherwise unlawful, offensive, harmful, or misleading, we may unpublish, delete, restrict, or modify that Actor or content without prior notice. We exercise these rights to protect the integrity of Apify Store and the interests of Users, Creators, and third parties.
3. Intellectual Property
3.1. Ownership. To the extent applicable, you retain all intellectual property rights in and to your Actor(s), including their source code, documentation, and associated content.
3.2. License to Apify. By publishing an Actor on Apify Store, you grant Apify a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, run, display, market, and distribute your Actor for the purposes of operating and promoting Apify Store. This license expressly includes the right to: (i) feature your Actor in promotional campaigns, marketing materials, and partner programs; (ii) offer promotional pricing, coupons, and discounts; and (iii) use your Actor's name and description in sales materials and customer-facing documentation.
3.3. Source Code Access. By publishing your Actor on Apify Store, you permit us to access and inspect its source code. We will only do so in limited circumstances where necessary for legal, compliance, or security reasons (for example, when investigating the presence of any Prohibited Activities).
3.4. License Warranty. You represent and warrant that you own or have obtained all rights necessary to grant Apify the license described in this Section. Compliance with any intellectual property obligations towards Users or third parties in connection with your Actor is solely your responsibility and is governed by the terms linked at your Actor's page under Section 4 (Creator Responsibilities Towards Users). Any different terms or policies mentioned anywhere else shall not apply.
4. Creator Responsibilities Towards Users
4.1. Legal terms for Users. Each Actor is made available directly to Users by you, and the contractual relationship for the use of your Actor is established between you and the User, not between Apify and the User. By default, the Standard Actor Contract governs Users' use of your Actor. You may, however, replace it by publishing your own end-user license agreement or terms of use ("End-User Terms") for your Actor, provided that such End-User Terms do not afford the User materially less protection, nor impose on you materially fewer obligations, than the Standard Actor Contract. You must notify us before End-User Terms replacing the Standard Actor Contract take effect for any Actor.
4.2. Apify is not a party to any End-User Terms, whether the Apify Standard Actor Contract or your own, and bears no responsibility or liability arising from or in connection with those terms or their enforcement.
4.3. You represent and warrant that you are able to, and will, comply with your obligations under the End-User Terms applicable to your Actor, including any data protection obligations owed to Users, and that you will not publish an Actor whose functionality you cannot support in compliance with those terms.
5. Third-Party Service Costs
5.1. You are solely responsible for any costs, fees, or charges incurred through third-party services that your Actor integrates with or relies upon, including but not limited to third-party API usage fees (such as AI model APIs, data provider fees, or similar). Apify has no obligation to reimburse, cover, or otherwise bear any such costs, regardless of whether they arise from your Actor's operation or from usage by Users. You must ensure that your pricing accounts for any such third-party costs you incur.
6. Maintenance of the Actor
6.1. By publishing your Actor, you agree to use your best effort to maintain it in working condition and make updates to it from time to time as needed, in order to maintain its continuing functionality.
7. Testing and Faulty Actors
7.1. We perform regular automated testing of the functionality and performance of all Actors published in Apify Store. If your Actor does not provide the declared functionality (a "Faulty Actor"), whether identified through testing or otherwise, we are authorized to mark it as "under maintenance" in Apify Store. If the Actor remains a Faulty Actor for 30 days or more, we are authorized to mark it as "deprecated" and/or remove it from Apify Store. You will not be reimbursed for the removal of a Faulty Actor.
8. Notified Issues with an Actor
8.1. Users have the option to report an issue with an Actor under the "Issues" tab on the Actor page ("Issue"). The Issue is then notified to you through the email address associated with your Account. You are responsible for addressing the Issue by either fixing the Issue, updating the Actor, its description or other information, or by contacting us with an explanation as soon as possible, however, no later than within 14 days. If you do not address the notified Issue in accordance with this clause, we are authorized to declare your Actor a Faulty Actor.
8.2. In addition to addressing the Issues according to clause 8.1 above, you agree to respond to any requests concerning your Actors received directly from us within three business days (i.e., days excluding Saturdays and Sundays). If you do not respond in accordance with this clause, we are authorized to reduce your Actor Quality Score at our sole discretion.
9. Pricing Options
9.1. When you decide to set your Actor as monetized, you may choose one of the price models currently available to you in Apify Console at that time.
9.2. You acknowledge that the amount of fees paid by the Users and the Platform usage costs can change throughout the month due to unpaid invoices or refunds, and that any information about future or past profits or payout available to you in the Platform UI is only an estimate. Apify shall not be liable for the outcomes of any actions taken based on those estimates.
9.3. You may set different per-unit prices for Users based on customer tier subject to thresholds specified in Apify Console ("Apify Store Discount Tiers"). Where you set Apify Store Discount Tiers, the price at each tier must be equal to or lower than the price at the next lower tier. Tiers are based on a User's total monthly spend across all Actors and Platform usage, not per-Actor spend. We may update pricing thresholds upon reasonable notice.
9.4. Changes to an Actor's price that might lead to a price increase for a User, including pricing model changes you make, are limited to a maximum of 1 change per month. Any such changes shall become effective only after fourteen (14) days from the date thereof.
10. Payment Terms and Compliance
10.1. Eligibility to receive payment.
10.1.1. You are responsible for providing correct billing details in your Account and keeping them up to date.
10.1.2. To become a Verified Creator and receive a payout, you must successfully complete identity verification and the Know Your Customer (KYC) process. This may include providing government-issued identification, proof of address, tax documentation, and ultimate beneficial ownership information.
10.1.3. No payments will be issued until verification is complete to our satisfaction.
10.1.4. Verification is an ongoing obligation. We may require updated documentation at any time to comply with evolving laws and regulations.
10.1.5. We reserve the right to suspend payouts, terminate your Account, and/or forfeit your accrued unpaid balance if: (i) you fail to pass or maintain the KYC process in a timely manner; (ii) any provided information is found to be false, misleading, or incomplete; (iii) you or your associated entities appear on any applicable sanctions or watchlists; or (iv) you are flagged as high-risk according to Apify's internal compliance policies.
10.1.6. Any accrued payout that remains withheld due to incomplete or failed KYC verification for a continuous period of twelve (12) months shall be deemed abandoned and automatically forfeited to Apify.
10.2. Payout.
10.2.1. Your payout for a monetized Actor will be calculated as 80% of the fees paid by Users for your Actor, minus Platform usage costs for the corresponding Actor runs, as configured. The remaining 20% of fees paid by Users for the Actor belongs to Apify. Partner Creators are subject to an adjusted payout structure as set out in the Apify Creator Partnership Agreement.
10.2.2. Your entitlement to payout for an Actor ceases for the time that the Actor is a Faulty Actor and resumes when the Actor becomes functional again as advertised.
10.2.3. Notwithstanding the payout rate set out herein, where a User accesses your Actor under a promotional activity conducted by Apify (including as a coupon holder, hackathon participant, free trial recipient, or other Apify-issued promotional credit holder) (a "Promotional User"), your payout for usage by that Promotional User will be calculated from the highest Apify Store Discount Tier you have configured for that Actor at the time of usage, regardless of the Promotional User's actual spend tier or the price paid by that Promotional User. Apify will determine in its sole discretion which Users qualify as Promotional Users.
10.3. Payment process.
10.3.1. Unless agreed otherwise, payout is processed on the basis of an auto-generated invoice issued through the Platform without undue delay after the end of each calendar month. You may approve or dispute the invoice within 3 days of issuance. An invoice neither accepted nor disputed within that period shall be deemed approved.
10.3.2. The minimum amount payable is USD 20 for PayPal and USD 100 for any other payout option (the "Minimum payout"). Payout below the Minimum Payout in any given month rolls over to the following month until the sum of approved invoices exceeds the Minimum Payout. Any accrued payout that remains below the Minimum Payout for a continuous period of twelve (12) months shall be deemed abandoned and forfeited in favor of Apify.
10.4. Apify's Rights to Withhold and Restrict.
10.4.1. We may, in our sole discretion, block, remove, deprecate, or otherwise restrict your Actor from the Platform, if it contains, requires, or directs Users to any payment method other than the Apify payment gateway. This includes, without limitation, any method that (i) directly or indirectly circumvents the system of payout according to these Publishing Terms; or (ii) poses a security risk to us, the Platform, the Users, or any third party (e.g., by creating a false impression that the User pays any fees or other payments for the Actor to Apify). We reserve the right to withhold any and all outstanding payments due to you for such Actor until we determine whether the Actor complies with these Publishing Terms.
10.4.2. In the event of your breach of these Publishing Terms, Apify may, at its sole discretion, require you to pay a contractual penalty up to the total amount of your outstanding unpaid balance at the time the penalty is applied. The payment of a contractual penalty does not affect Apify's right to claim damages exceeding the penalty amount, nor does it release you from the obligation breached. Apify may set off any contractual penalty owed by you against any payout otherwise due to you.
10.4.3. In case any suspicions arise regarding the legitimacy of any User's payment for your Actor (e.g., suspicions of a fraudulent payment) or if the User is past due with its payment obligations, before we pay you the payout for such User's payment, we shall have the right to withhold the payout for such User's payment for a period necessary for us to investigate any suspicious activity related to it or until paid by the User. You agree to provide us and/or any authorized third party (e.g., Stripe) with all reasonably requested cooperation.
10.4.4. If any fraudulent or otherwise non-compliant activity is identified regarding a User's account or payments, we may ban the User from using the Platform. If we ban such a User, we shall not be obligated to pay you any payout resulting from such a fraudulent User's payments. In case such activities are identified after we have already paid you the payout for such a User's payment, you shall be obligated, at our written request, to refund the corresponding part of the payout.
10.4.5. If a payment of payout is withheld in accordance with these Publishing Terms, you shall not be entitled to any interest or additional payments.
11. Miscellaneous
11.1. Marketing rights. In addition to the license granted in Section 3 (Intellectual Property) of the Publishing Terms, you grant us the right to feature your name and logo in marketing campaigns, sales decks, case studies, and promotional materials.
11.2. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. The Publishing Terms are governed by the laws of the Czech Republic. Disputes are subject to the dispute resolution and jurisdiction provisions in the General Terms.
11.3. Severability. If any provision of the Publishing Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in full force.
11.4. No Agency. Nothing in these Publishing Terms creates an employment, agency, or partnership relationship between Apify and you.
11.5. Terms updates. We may unilaterally amend these Publishing Terms. We shall notify you of such an amendment in advance. Should you disagree with such an amendment, you may unpublish all your Actors from Apify Store within 30 days of the notification. Otherwise, you will be deemed to agree with the latest version of these Publishing Terms.